Trekman speaks the truth (talking about the last part of his post, as I can only guess about his choice of language
). Even though the higher-up powers in the governments involved had multiple reasons for being at war, and the policy makers might should be scolded rather than praised, that misses the point of this thread, I think.
Veterans Day here in the States (I am guessing, and hoping, that other countries have something similar) is a day set aside to honor the veterans, not the politicians. That was what the focus of the thread was meant to be.
tng, clearly not all Germans in the wars were bad, and not all "Allies" were good. Trekman, I'm sorry for the unintentional projectile that was thrown in your direction by thenetworkgod.
The intent of the day is simply to honor U.S. veterans for what they have done and continue to do, not to put anyone else down.
History of Veterans Day:
World War I officially ended on June 28, 1919, with the signing of the Treaty of Versailles. The actual fighting between the Allies and Germany, however, had ended seven months earlier with the armistice, which went into effect on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month in 1918. Armistice Day, as November 11 became known, officially became a holiday in the United States in 1926, and a national holiday 12 years later. On June 1, 1954, the name was changed to Veterans Day to honor all U.S. veterans.
